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Veolia wins UAE desalination plant order

Fri Dec 21, 2007 11:09am EST

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PARIS, Dec 21 (Reuters) - Veolia Water (VIE.PA) said on Friday it has been selected to run the operations and maintenance part of a Reverse 0smosis (RO) desalination plant in Qidfa, Fujairah in the United Arab Emirates.

The plant will produce 136,500 cubic metres per day of desalinated water.

The contract, worth an estimated cumulated amount of $115 million, has been awarded a venture of International Power Plc and Marubeni Corp (8002.T). (Reporting by Marcel Michelson; Editing by Quentin Bryar)



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